⁷ When he looked behind himself, he saw me, and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’ ⁸ Then he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I ^[a]answered him, ‘^(A)I am an Amalekite.’ ⁹ And he said to me, ‘Please stand next to me and finish me off, for ^[b]agony has seized me because my ^[c]life still lingers in me.’ ¹⁰ So I stood next to him ^(B)and finished him off, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And ^(C)I took the crown which was on his head and the band which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

¹¹ Then ^(D)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him. ¹² And they mourned and wept and ^(E)fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. ¹³ Then David said to the young man who informed him, “Where are you from?” And he ^[d]answered, “^(F)I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.” ¹⁴ And David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid ^(G)to reach out with your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” ¹⁵ Then David called one of the young men and said, “Come forward, ^[e]put him to death.” ^(H)So he struck him and he died. ¹⁶ And David said to him, “^[f](I)Your blood is on your head, because ^(J)your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have finished off the Lord’s anointed.’”